Full Text of SR1653 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Major (Ret.) Alfred Earl Clark, Jr., who | 4 | | passed away on September 26, 2014; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Alfred Clark, Jr. was born in Pittsburgh, | 6 | | Pennsylvania on April 17, 1943 to Alfred Earl Clark, Sr. and | 7 | | Thelma Adams; he attended Miller Elementary School and | 8 | | graduated from Fifth Avenue Junior and Senior High School in | 9 | | Pittsburgh in 1961; he received his Bachelor of Arts in | 10 | | Mathematics from Fayetteville State University in | 11 | | Fayetteville, North Carolina and his Master of Arts in | 12 | | Administration and Supervision from Roosevelt University in | 13 | | Chicago; he married to Donna Sue Thomas on August 19, 1972 in | 14 | | Austin, Texas; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Alfred Clark, Jr. served as a Major in the United | 16 | | States Army; he served during the Vietnam War and received an | 17 | | Honorable Discharge; in January of 1989, he retired from the | 18 | | United States Army Reserve; he was a recipient of the Bronze | 19 | | Star and numerous other military honors; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Alfred Clark, Jr. was an educator for 30 years in | 21 | | the public schools of North Chicago and Chicago; his | 22 | | educational career started as a mathematics and science |
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| 1 | | teacher, football and track coach, and continued as dean of | 2 | | students, assistant principal, principal, athletic director, | 3 | | director of adult education, and in the superintendent's | 4 | | cabinet as director of student services, transportation, and | 5 | | school safety; he was instrumental in sponsoring 3 high school | 6 | | students for the Alfred Clark Scholarship Award in North | 7 | | Carolina; and | 8 | | | 9 | | WHEREAS, Alfred Clark, Jr. was a member of Green's Temple | 10 | | Church of God in Pittsburgh and then Shiloh Baptist Church of | 11 | | Waukegan; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Alfred Clark, Jr. was preceded in death by his | 13 | | parents; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Alfred Clark, Jr. is survived by his wife, Donna | 15 | | Sue; his son, Jadaun; 3 siblings, Rose (Jacob) Reid, John | 16 | | (Sylvia) Clark, and Cheryl Clark; his aunt, Mary Lee Seay; 3 | 17 | | sisters-in-law, Georgia Thomas, Mae Turman, and Linda Thomas; 2 | 18 | | brothers-in-law, Augustus Williams and George Thomas (Cheryl); | 19 | | 10 nieces; 9 nephews; 18 cousins; 3 godchildren; and a host of | 20 | | other relatives, friends, and precious former students; | 21 | | therefore, be it
| 22 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 23 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
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| 1 | | Major (Ret.) Alfred Earl Clark, Jr., and extend our sincere | 2 | | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 3 | | him; and be it further
| 4 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 | | presented to the family of Alfred Clark, Jr. as an expression | 6 | | of our deepest sympathy.
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